SAN DIEGO -- San Diego Republicans are raising questions about the link between ACORN and California Attorney General Jerry Brown, 10News reported.

Local Republican leaders, including county GOP Chair Tony Krvaric, visited ACORN's National City offices and questioned the current investigation into the community advocacy group and whether or not the investigation is being mishandled.

GOP leaders said they are concerned about an audiotape recorded during an East County Democratic Club meeting last month where local ACORN chief organizer David Lagstein spoke about Brown's investigation into ACORN. The investigation stems from an ACORN employee being secretly videotaped and appearing to provide advice to a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute, and the circumstances under which they were videotaped.

"The fault will be found with the people that did the video and not ACORN," Lagstein said during the Oct. 15 meeting.

Krvaric said, "We don't even know where we are in the investigation, for him to assert, 'don't worry about it.' That's not acceptable."

While Krvaric was unsuccessful in talking to Lagstein, 10News spoke to the ACORN chief organizer Wednesday.

"The Republican Party is trying to create a new scandal out of nothing. I asserted 'my belief' that the investigation will find fault with the videographers and not with ACORN because no one at California ACORN broke the law and the videographers did," Lagstein said in a statement.

Despite Lagstein's statement, local GOP leaders want assurance. Not only did they send ACORN a letter, they also sent similar letters to San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and to Brown's office.

"We want to make sure that the attorney general's office conducts a fair, full and thorough investigation, regardless of the politics involved," said Krvaric.

The audio recordings are available on biggovernment.com